EP1422934A1 - Bildwiedergabesteuerungsvorrichtung und -verfahren, Bildwiedergabegerät und Bildsuchergerät - Google Patents

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EP1422934A1
EP1422934A1 EP03257322A EP03257322A EP1422934A1 EP 1422934 A1 EP1422934 A1 EP 1422934A1 EP 03257322 A EP03257322 A EP 03257322A EP 03257322 A EP03257322 A EP 03257322A EP 1422934 A1 EP1422934 A1 EP 1422934A1
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Susumu Kurita
Norihiko Kawada
Taku Kihara
Yoshihiro Morioka
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  • This invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling an image demonstrated on a liquid crystal display surface based on an input image signal or a photographed image signal, and to an imaging method and apparatus. More particularly, an illustrative embodiment of the invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling an image which may be convenient for adjusting the contrast, and to an imaging method and apparatus
  • an image for photographing is displayed on a screen of an electronic viewfinder formed by light modulating elements, such as liquid crystal display devices.
  • an electronic viewfinder formed by light modulating elements, such as liquid crystal display devices.
  • On the back surface of this electronic viewfinder there is mounted a backlight formed e.g. by a planar phosphor tube. This backlight is caused to emit light to illuminate the liquid crystal display device from the back side to improve the viewing characteristics.
  • horizontal synchronization signals are first separated from the input image signal. Responsive to the separated horizontal synchronization signals, pulse signals are generated and supplied to a backlight driving circuit.
  • Fig.1 shows pulse signals generated in succession at a period of the horizontal frequency f H .
  • the illumination brightness of the backlight it becomes possible to adjust the contrast of the image displayed on the electronic viewfinder. That is, by changing the pulse width P W of the pulse signal of Fig.1, supplied to a driving circuit of the backlight, it is possible to control the average current value I E indicative of the illumination brightness. For decreasing or increasing the illumination brightness of the backlight, the pulse width P W may be narrowed or widened, respectively.
  • Such control of the average current value I E implemented by changing the pulse width P W in this manner, has so far been implemented using a pulse width modulation circuit (PWM circuit). With the PWM circuit, the ON/OFF period of the pulse signal is controlled to change the pulse width P W .
  • PWM circuit pulse width modulation circuit
  • a dimmer system 140 for controlling the light emitting brightness of a backlight 130 by controlling the amplitude of the boosting AC voltage, as shown in Fig.2, has been proposed.
  • This dimmer system 140 is made up by a DC power supply Ba, a dimmer control IC circuit 141, a dimmer switching transistor 142, an inductor 143 and a Royer oscillator 150.
  • the dimmer control IC circuit 141 includes an input terminal 141a, by which it receives a control signal controlling the brightness of the backlight 130 to output pulses in dependence on the control signal level.
  • the dimmer switching transistor 142 has its duty controlled based on pulses from the dimmer control IC circuit 141 to make intermittent current supply from the DC power supply Ba to the inductor 143.
  • the inductor 143 sends the DC voltage, intermittently supplied by the dimmer switching transistor 142, to the Royer oscillator 150.
  • This Royer oscillator 150 generates the boosting AC voltage based on the DC voltage supplied from the inductor 143.
  • This boosting AC voltage is supplied via a capacitor, not shown, to the backlight 130 to cause the current to flow through the phosphor tube. This enables the dimmer system 140 to dim and turn on the backlight 130.
  • the amplitude of the boosting AC voltage may be changed by the value of the DC voltage supplied from the DC power supply Ba to allow control of the average current value I E .
  • the smallest value of the average current value I E is limited from the perspective of maintaining a stable discharge current of the backlight. Consequently, since the entire image becomes lighter, there is raised a problem that, especially if an image signal of a black level is input, the black color is displayed in a floating fashion, while the range of possible variation of contrast is reduced. In particular, since the illumination brightness of the conventional backlight is controlled independently of the luminance signal level of the displayed image, the contrast of an actually demonstrated image cannot be flexibly adjusted in relation to the input image signal.
  • embodiments of the present invention seek to provide an image display controlling method and apparatus and an imaging method and apparatus whereby the contrast of a displayed image may be flexibly adjusted in relation to the input image signals.
  • the present invention provides an image display controlling apparatus comprising control signal generating means for generating a control signal for controlling the contrast of a displayed image, in dependence on an input image signal, level adjustment means for adjusting the level of a luminance signal of the input image signals, based on the control signal supplied from the control signal generating means, display means for demonstrating a displayed image which is in keeping with the level of the luminance signal adjusted by the level adjustment means, illuminating means for illuminating the display means, and illumination controlling means for controlling the illumination brightness by the illuminating means, in a correlated fashion with the level adjustment means, based on a control signal supplied from the control signal generating means.
  • the present invention provides an image display controlling method comprising generating a control signal for controlling the contrast of a displayed image, in dependence on an input image signal, adjusting the level of a luminance signal of the input image signal, based on the control signal generated, demonstrating a displayed image which is in keeping with the level of the luminance signal adjusted, and controlling the illumination brightness for the display unit, in a correlated fashion with the adjustment of the luminance signal level, based on the generated control signal.
  • the present invention provides an imaging apparatus comprising image signal generating means for imaging an object to generate an image signal, control signal generating means for generating a control signal for controlling the contrast of a displayed image responsive to the image signal, level adjustment means for adjusting the signal level of a luminance signal in the input image signal, based on the control signal for controlling the contrast of a displayed image, display means for displaying a displayed image which is in keeping with the signal level of the luminance signal adjusted by the level adjustment means, illuminating means for illuminating the display means, and illumination controlling means for controlling the illumination brightness by the illumination means in correlated fashion with the level adjustment means based on the control signal supplied from the control signal generating means.
  • the present invention provides a viewfinder device for ' demonstrating an image corresponding to an image signal for monitoring, supplied from an imaging apparatus, in which the viewfinder device comprises control signal generating means for generating a control signal for controlling the contrast of a displayed image, in dependence on the image signal supplied, level adjustment means for adjusting the level of a luminance signal of the input image signals, based on the control signal supplied from the control signal generating means, display means for demonstrating a displayed image which is in keeping with the level of the luminance signal adjusted by the level adjustment means, illuminating means for illuminating the display means, and illumination controlling means for controlling the illumination brightness by the illuminating means, in a correlated fashion with the level adjustment means, based on a control signal supplied from the control signal generating means.
  • control signal generating means for generating a control signal for controlling the contrast of a displayed image, in dependence on the image signal supplied
  • level adjustment means for adjusting the level of a luminance signal of the input image signals, based on the control signal supplied from the control signal
  • a control signal for controlling the contrast display image is generated, in dependence on the input image signal and, based on the so generated control signal, the illumination brightness on the liquid crystal display surface is controlled in a correlated fashion with the adjustment of the level of the luminance signal of the input image signal.
  • an object is imaged to generate an image signal
  • a control signal for controlling the contrast of the displayed image is generated, in dependence on the so generated image signal and, based on the so generated control signal, the illumination brightness on the liquid crystal display surface is controlled in a correlated fashion with the adjustment of the luminance signal level of the input image signal.
  • a control signal for controlling the contrast of a displayed image is generated, in dependence on the image signal, supplied from the imaging apparatus, and the illumination brightness on the liquid crystal display surface is controlled in correlated fashion with adjustment of the luminance signal level of the input image signal.
  • the contrast of the image actually demonstrated via the liquid crystal display unit may be flexibly adjusted without dependency on the performance of the imaging apparatus.
  • Embodiments of the present invention are applied to a video camera 100 configured as shown for example in Fig.3.
  • This video camera 100 includes an imaging unit 12, on which the imaging light is incident through an imaging lens system 10, and a main line block 11 for generating an imaging output signal CMout which is in keeping with the equipment connected to the video camera 100, from an imaging signal Spa by the imaging unit 12, and for outputting the so generated imaging output signal.
  • the video camera 100 also includes a monitor block 30 for generating an imaging output signal for monitoring MTout from an image signal Dq obtained from the main line block 11 to output the so generated imaging output signal, and a viewfinder 300 for displaying the image corresponding to the imaging output signal for monitoring MTout supplied from the monitor block 30.
  • the video camera 100 also includes a controller 50 for controlling the operation of the monitor block 30 and the viewfinder 300, and an operating unit 51 for supplying an operating signal PS corresponding to the user actuation to the controller 50.
  • the light incident through the imaging lens system 10 is incident on the imaging unit 12 of the main line block 11 to form an object image on an imaging surface.
  • the imaging unit 12 is made up of a solid-state imaging device, such as a CCD image sensor, and generates the imaging signal Spa of three prime colors corresponding to the object image by photo-voltaic conversion to send the so generated imaging signal to a CDS (Correlated Double Sampling)/ AGC (Auto Gain Control) 13.
  • the CDS/AGC 13 executes correlated double sampling to remove noise components from the imaging signal Spa.
  • the resulting signal, freed of the noise components, is amplified to a predetermined signal level and supplied as an imaging signal Spb to a low-pass filter (LPF) 14.
  • LPF low-pass filter
  • Form the imaging signal Spb, supplied from the CDS/AGC 13, the LPF 14 extracts spectral components of the original signal and routes the so extracted signal as an imaging signal Spc to an amplifier 15.
  • the amplifier 15 amplifies the supplied imaging signal Spc to form an imaging signal Spd which is then supplied to an A/D converter 16.
  • This A/D converter 16 converts the supplied imaging signal Spd into a digital imaging signal Dp which is then supplied to a camera signal processing unit 20.
  • the camera signal processing unit 20 performs signal processing on the supplied imaging signal Dp in order to produce a satisfactory photographed image.
  • the camera signal processing unit performs signal processing, such as shading correction, masking correction, knee correction, "-correction or contour compensation to generate the image signal Dq from the imaging signal Dp to route the so generated image signal Dq to a selector 25 and to an image display control unit 31 of the monitor block 30.
  • the image display control unit 31 generates an image signal Dr of a brightness reference image, as a reference in discriminating the brightness of the image for photographing and, using this image signal Dr and the image signal Dq supplied from the camera signal processing unit 20, generates an adjusted image signal.
  • the image display control unit 31 performs signal processing on the generated image signals, such as brightness or contrast adjustment, and sends the generated image signal Du to a monitor output processor 35 and to the selector 25 of the main line block 11. This image display control unit 31 will be explained in detail subsequently.
  • the selector 25 selects one of the image signal Dq, supplied from the camera signal processing unit 20, and the image signal Du, supplied from the camera signal processing unit 20, based on the control signal from the controller 50, as later explained, to send the so selected signal to a camera output processor 28.
  • the camera output processor 28 converts the image signal Dq or the image signal Du, supplied from the selector 25, to the signal CMout which is in keeping with the equipment connected to the video camera. For example, if it is the equipment designed to cope with component signals or the equipment designed to cope with composite signals, that is connected to the video camera, the camera output processor converts the image signal Dq or Du into the signal CMout which is in keeping with the respective equipment. If the image signal is to be transmitted over e.g. a serial digital interface, standardized as SMPTE259M, the camera output processor generates transmission data, which is in keeping with the image signal transmitted from the selector 25, using the image signal supplied from the selector 25, to output the so generated signal as the signal CMout.
  • a serial digital interface standardized as SMPTE259M
  • the monitor output processor 35 converts the image signal Du, supplied from the image display control unit 31, into the signal MTout, designed to cope with a liquid crystal display unit 37, to output the resulting converted signal. For example, if the liquid crystal display unit 37 uses analog signals, the monitor output processor converts the image signal Du into an analog signal, which is then output as a signal MTout.
  • the liquid crystal display unit 37 represented by e.g. a viewfinder, is made up by numerous liquid crystal display elements, and constitutes a display for demonstrating the information to a user. Based on the signal MTout, input from the monitor output processor 35, the liquid crystal display unit 37 effects light modulation of the liquid crystal display device to produce an image to be displayed for the user.
  • a switching (SW) regulator 36 generates a DC signal Cf, based on a control signal CTbc, supplied from the image display control unit 31 or the controller 50, to output the so generated DC signal to a Royer oscillator 38.
  • the Royer oscillator 38 When supplied with the DC signal Cf from the SW regulator 36, the Royer oscillator 38 is self-oscillated to generate an AC signal Ch.
  • the amplitude of the AC signal Ch, generated by this Royer oscillator 38, is governed by the voltage value of the input DC signal.
  • the AC signal Ch is continuously applied to a backlight 39. That is, by controlling the voltage value of the input DC signal, it is possible to change the brightness of illumination of the backlight 39 and hence to adjust the contrast of the image demonstrated on the liquid crystal display unit 37.
  • the backlight 39 is a phosphor tube which illuminates the light to the back surface of the liquid crystal display devices of the liquid crystal display unit 37 to realize the improved viewing characteristics of the liquid crystal display.
  • the illumination brightness of the light illuminated by the backlight 39 is derived from the applied AC signal Ch.
  • the operating unit 51 is connected to the controller 50.
  • An operating signal PS is supplied to the controller 50 responsive to actuation of the operating unit 51 by the user.
  • the controller 50 generates various control signals, based on this operating signal PS, to send the so generated control signals to the main line block 11 and to the monitor block 30 to actuate the video camera responsive to the user actuation.
  • the controller 50 is also supplied with a discrimination signal Ha, as later explained, from the image display control unit 31, and, based on this discrimination signal Ha or the operating signal PS, generates the a control signal CTbc, which is then routed to the monitor block 30.
  • Fig.4 shows the structure of the image display control unit 31.
  • the image signal Dq supplied from the camera signal processing unit 20, is supplied to a discrimination circuit 311 and to a brightness/ contrast adjustment circuit 314.
  • the discrimination circuit 311 executes signal discrimination of the image signal Dq. In this signal discrimination, the signal format of the image signal Dq, lightness or color etc. of the image for photographing, based on the image signal Dq is discriminated to generate the discrimination signal Ha specifying the result of the discrimination. The so generated signal is routed to the controller 50.
  • the brightness/ contrast adjustment circuit 314 controls the luminance signal level, by controlling the gain of the image signal Dq supplied from the camera signal processor 20, based on the control signal CTbc supplied from the controller 50, to enable generation of the image signal of the desired brightness and contrast, thereby adjusting the luminance signal level.
  • the image signal Dq having its signal level adjusted by this brightness/ contrast adjustment circuit 314, is sent as the image signal Du to the monitor output processor 35.
  • the image display control unit 31 is supplied with the image signal Dq for monitoring from the camera signal processing unit 20.
  • the so supplied image signals Dq are transmitted to the discrimination circuit 311 and to the brightness/contrast adjustment circuit 314 within the image display control unit 31.
  • the discrimination circuit 311 executes the aforementioned discrimination, based on the received image signal Dq, to send the resulting discrimination signal Ha to the controller 50.
  • the controller 50 discriminates the various attributes of the image information, such as brightness or color, from the supplied discrimination signal Ha.
  • the controller 50 generates a control signal CTbc, inclusive of a setting value R, responsive to the discriminated results, to send the so generated control signal to the brightness/ contrast adjustment circuit 314 and to the SW regulator 36.
  • the brightness/ contrast adjustment circuit 314 adjusts the luminance signal level of the image signal Dq in an increasing or in a decreasing direction, responsive to the setting value R contained in the control signals CTbc, to generate the image signal Du.
  • the SW regulator 36 on receipt of the control signals CTbc sends the DC signal Cf to the Royer oscillator 38, as it increases or decreases the voltage value of the DC signal Cf for raising or lowering the illumination brightness of the backlight 39 in dependence on the setting value R contained in the control signal CTbc.
  • the brightness/ contrast adjustment circuit 314 and the SW regulator 36 cooperate with each other to generate the image signal Du and the DC signal Cf. That is, the contrast of the image displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 37 is controlled by both the luminance signal level output as the image signal Du and the illumination brightness of the light illuminated by the backlight 39 in a correlated fashion. It should be noted that, since the illumination brightness of the light illuminated by the backlight 39 is notified from time to time to the SW regulator 36, it is possible for the SW regulator 36 to perform feedback control of the voltage value of the DC signal Cf based on this notification.
  • the brightness/ contrast adjustment circuit 314 and the SW regulator 36 are controlled by the setting value R contained in the control signal CTbc, in a correlated fashion, as described above.
  • the above-mentioned correlated control may be achieved with the sole setting value R by previous setting of the luminance signal level and the voltage value of the DC signal Cf with respect to the setting value R.
  • the smallest value of the illumination brightness of the backlight 39 is limited from the perspective of maintaining the stable discharge current.
  • the variable contrast range by the SW regulator 36 is limited to be a predetermined range.
  • an image of a desired contrast may be demonstrated via the liquid crystal display unit 37 even in case the possible range of the contrast variation by the SW regulator 36 is exceeded, on the condition that the luminance signal level is accordingly changed.
  • the SW regulator 36 receiving the setting value R, lowers the voltage value of the DC signal Cf for lowering the illumination brightness within its own range of possible contrast variation.
  • the brightness/ contrast adjustment circuit 314 adjusts the luminance signal level in the lowering direction for the range of the contrast variation not taken care of by the SW regulator 36 to generate the image signal Du.
  • the luminance signal level contained in the image signal Du and the voltage value DC signal Cf may be controlled in a correlated fashion to effect flexible contrast adjustment of the image actually demonstrated on the liquid crystal display unit 37.
  • the brightness of the displayed image as viewed by a user is represented by the product of the illumination brightness of the backlight 39 and the luminance signal level.
  • a desired contrast may be achieved of the image demonstrated on the liquid crystal display unit 37 by controlling the level of the luminance signal and the illumination brightness in a correlated fashion to each other.
  • the correlated control of the brightness/contrast adjustment circuit 314 and the SW regulator 36 is not limited to the case in which the correlated control is exercised through the setting value R contained in the control signal CTbc.
  • the control may be realized by communication between the brightness/ contrast adjustment circuit 314 and the SW regulator 36.
  • Embodiments of the present invention may be applied not only to the case of the video camera 100 having the imaging unit 12, but also to an image display controlling apparatus in which an image signal photographed with other imaging apparatus is input and an image corresponding to the image signal is demonstrated on the liquid crystal display surface as the input image signal is adjusted in contrast.
  • Embodiments of the present invention may also be applied to a viewfinder device 300A configured as shown in Fig. 5
  • the viewfinder device 300A shown in Fig. 5 includes a brightness/ contrast adjustment circuit 214 for adjusting the brightness or contrast of an image signal Dq supplied from the camera signal processing unit 20 provided to a video camera 100A, and a monitor output processor 235 for converting an image signal Du supplied from the brightness/ contrast adjustment circuit 214 into a signal MTout, which is in keeping with a liquid crystal display unit 237, and for outputting the so converted signal.
  • the viewfinder device also includes the liquid crystal display unit 237 for effecting light modulation of liquid crystal display elements based on the signal MTout supplied from the monitor output processor 235 for demonstration to the user, and a controller 250 for controlling various parts of the viewfinder device 300A.
  • the viewfinder device also includes an operating unit 251 for supplying an operating signal SP to the controller responsive to user actuation and an SW regulator 236 for generating the DC signal Cf based on the control signal CTbc supplied from the controller 250.
  • the viewfinder device also includes a Royer oscillator238 for being self-oscillated responsive to an input DC signal Cf to generate an AC signal Ch, and a backlight 239.
  • the controller 250 has communication functions by e.g. an I 2 C bus for exchanging the control information with the controller 50 of the video camera 100A. Based on the above communication functions, the controller 250 inquires the video camera 100A as to whether or not there is provided the function of controlling the luminance signal level and/or as to whether or not there is provided the function of controlling the illumination brightness of the backlight 239. If, as a result, the video camera 100A has the function of controlling the luminance signal level and/or the function of controlling the illumination brightness of the backlight 239, the controller 250 prompts the controller 50 to transmit a signal (CTBC) for making contrast adjustment. If there is no response from the video camera 100A, the controller 250 gives a judgment that there is provided no control function of adjusting the contrast and produces the control signal CTbc in order that the viewfinder device 300A itself prosecutes contrast adjustment.
  • CTBC signal

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